11:32 PM,
Dec. 3, 2013

Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo drops back to pass against BYU during the Wolf Pack's season finale on Saturday.

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The 2103 Wolf Pack football team met one last time Sunday afternoon when the team had lunch together, handed out some year-end awards and honored the 15-member senior class.

After that meeting, first-year coach Brian Polian thanked the seniors, sent them out of the room and shut the door. He delivered a message to his returning players: "Get ready for the hardest couple of months of your life."

After a 4-8 season (which Polian said "is not up to our standard") and a year in which Nevada lost the Fremont Cannon (which Polian said "is not acceptable"), the Wolf Pack must get tougher. It is that ...